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Qovernors 



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NATIONAL OFFICERS, 



FOUNDER. 
MISS MARY CABELL RICHARDSON. Sec-Gen., Covington, Ky. 



GOVERNOR-GENERAL. 
MRS. HENRIETTA DANA SKINNER Detroit, Micli. 

VICE-GOVERNOR-GENERAL. 
MRS. EMMA WESCOTT BULLOCK Bristol, R. I. 



GOVERNORS. 

MRS. KATHERINE LIVINGSTON SCHUYLER New York 

MRS. SELDEN P. WRIGHT California 

MISS MARY K. TALCOTT Connecticut 

HON. DANIEL LINN GOOCH Kentucky 

DR. MARCUS BENJAMIN District of Columbia 

HON. RANDOLPH HARRISON BLAIN Kentucky 



COLONIAL GOVERNORS. 

The Order of the Descendants of Colonial Governors was 
founded in January, 189G, by Miss Mary Cabell Kichardson, of 
Covington, Kentucky, a Colonial Dame of \'irginia and Daugh- 
ter of the American Revolution. It commemorates the ser- 
vices of those men who exercised supreme executive power in 
the American Colonies, and who laid in them the foundations 
of stable government and of that respect for civil law and 
authority which made the maintenance of their future inde- 
pendence possible. 

The Order recognizes as Colonial (xovernors all persons 
invested with supreme executive authority in the government 
of colonies comprised within the territory of the thirteen 
Colonial States, under whatever title that authority was exer- 
cised, and whether derived from the Crown by appointment, 
from the people by election, from another Governor or from a 
chartered company by commission.* 

The Order admits among Colonial Governors those persons 
who by election or by appointment of the Crown held the offices 
of Deputy Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Yice-Director-Gen- 
eral or Vice-President in the Colonial States, and also those 
persons who, in the absence of the Chief Magistrate, were tem- 
porarily invested with supreme governing authority, irrespec- 
tive of length of service. 

The Order also recognizes the honor conferred upon distin- 
guished citizens of the American Colonial States in their elec- 
tion or appointment to the office of Governor, even if, for good 
reason, they did not exercise its powers, or exercised them in a 
colony which has remained under British rule. In the latter 
case their descendants must have been loyal to the cause of the 
Revolution, 

♦The student of colonial history will readily see the necessity of making 
our definition of the word "Governor" a comprehensive one. To restrict it 
within narrower limits than the above would be to throw out some of the 
most famous of the early colonial rulers. An Order of Colonial Governors 
would be an anomaly that omitted the Dutch Governors of New York 
because they w^ere commissioned by a chartered company and bore the title 
of Directors-General, or the Governors of Plymouth Colony because 
Plymouth was not one of the thirteen Colonial States, or the Governors of 
Connecticut prior to 1662, because up to that date the colony had no char- 
tered rights, or the majority of all the Colonial Governors because they 
were not appointed by the Crown! 



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(In defining the position of the Order concerning the claims 
of Colonial (joveruors, the (Joveruor-iJeneral wishes to express 
her indebtedness to the learning and kindness of the late Mr. 
Justin Wiusor, the eminent historian, and Librarian of Har- 
vard University.) 

Governors' Assistants and the Presidents of the United 
Colonies of New England are not eligible ascendants to the 
Order of Colonial Governors. 

MEMBERSHIP. 

Membership in the Order of the Descendants of Colonial 
Governors is purely honorary, and by invitation only. All 
men and women in the direct line of descent from a Governor 
or Acting Governor prior to 1750 are eligible to the Order 
provided : 

1st. That they be members of the Colonial Dames, Colonial 
Wars or Maytlower Societies, and that their line of descent 
from the Governors be recorded in any one of the said So- 
cieties, or 

2d. That the nucestral lines of ascent to the Governor, with 
all dates of births, marriages and deaths, as far as possible 
to ascertain, be furnished with affidavit attached, and 

3d. That they be invited by their State Chairman, or 
where there is no Chairman, by the Governor-General. 

CHAIRMEN IN MICHIGAN. 

Mrs. Henry Whipple Skinner, of Detroit, Colonial Dame 
of Massachusetts and Daughter of the American Kevolution, 
was appointed by the Founder as Chairman to organize the 
Order of Colonial Governors in Michigan, July 11, 181)6. 

Mrs. Henry F. Le Hunte Lyster, Colonial Dame of Mary- 
land, was appointed Chairman in Michigan, Oct, 18, 1897, to 
succeed Mrs. Skinner, who had been named Governor-General 
of the National Order on Aug. 31, 1897. 



MEMBERS OF THE ORDER 

OF THE 

Descendants of Colonial Governors 

RESIDENT IN MICHIGAN, 
1897. 



LADIES. 

MRS. JOHN J. BAGLEY Detroit 

[Prances Elizabeth Newburj'.] 

*ASCENDANTS 

**GOV. THOMAS DUDLEY, Massachusetts. 
GOV. SIMON BRADSTREET, Massachusetts. 
GOV. GEORGE WYLLYS, Connecticut. 

MISS MARIE LOUISE BALDWIN Detroit 

GOV. THOMAS WELLES, Connecticut. 

MRS. JAMES BIDDLE Detroit 

[Margaret Terry.] 

MISS LOUISA BIDDLE Detroit 

GOV. WILLIAM BRADFORD, Piymouth Col. 

GOV. JOSEPH TALCOTT, Connecticut. 

DEP. GOV. WM. BRADFORD, Plymouth Col. 

MISS CORNELIA LOIS CAMPBELL Detroit 

GOV. ROBERT SEDGWICK, Jamaica. 

MRS. HENRY MARTYN DUFFIELD Detroit 

[France^ Pitts.] 
GOV. WILLIAM BRADFORD, Plymouth Col. 
DEP. GOV. JOHN ALDEN, Plym.outh Col. 
DEP. GOV. WM. BRADFORD, Plymouth Col. 

MRS. DANIEL EMBURY Detroit 

[Sophie Robinson Romeyn.] 

DEP. GOV. JOHN ALDEN, Plymouth Col. 

MRS. JUSTIN EDWARDS EMERSON Detroit 

[Willimina H. Eliot.] 
GOV. JOHN HAYNES, Mass. and Connecticut. 
GOV. GEORGE WYLLYS, Connecticut. 
GOV. WILLIAM LEETE, Connecticut. 
GOV. JONATHAN LAW, Connecticut. 
GOV. ROBERT TREAT, Connecticut. 



*See Genealogy, Part III. 
**See Historical Notices, Part II. 



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MISS MARIE NAVARRE HALL Grosse Pointe 

GOV. WILLIAM BRENTON, Rhode Island. 
GOV. THOMAS WELLES, Connecticut. 
GOV. JONATHAN LAW, Connecticut. 

MRS. HENRY BOUKNE JOY Detroit 

[Helen Hall Newberry.] 

GOV. WILLIAM BRADFORD, Plymouth Col. 
DEP. GOV. WILLIAM BRADFORD, Plymouth Col. 

*MRS. HENRY F. LE HUNTE LYSTER Detroit 

[Winifred Lee Brent.] 

GOV. GILES BRENT, Maryland. 

GOV. ROBERT CARTER, Virginia. 

GOV. THOMAS LEE, Virginia. 

GOV. PHILIP I.UDWELL, N. and S. Carolina. 

GOV. FLORENTIUS SEYMOUR, Bermuda. 

DEP. GOV. HENRY DARNALL, Maryland. 

MISS MARY CONANT MASON Detroit 

DEP. GOV. JOHN MASON, Connecticut. 
GOV. WILLIAM BRADFORD, Plymouth Col. 
DEP. GOV. WM. BRADFORD, Plymouth Col. 

MISS ANNA DENIO PITKIN Detroit 

GOV. WILLIAM BRADFORD, Plymouth Col. 

GOV. THOMAS DUDLEY, Massachusetts. 

GOV. JOHN HAYNES, Mass. and Connecticut. 

GOV. GEORGE WYLLYS, Connecticut. 

DEP. GOV. WILLIAM BRADFORD, Plymouth Col. 
MISS HELEN STRONG PITTS Detroit 

GOV. WILLIAM BRADFORD, Plymouth Col. 

DEP. GOV. WILLIAM BRADFORD, Plymouth Col. 

DEP. GOV. JOHN ALDEN, Plymouth Col. 

MRS. JOSEPH SUMNER ROGERS Orcliard Lalce 

[Jeannette S. Wheeler.] 

GOV. NICHOLAS EASTON, Rhode Island. 

GOV. CALEB CARR, Rhode Island. 

SIR JOHN COGGESHALL, Rhode Island. 

MRS. HORATIO SEYMOUR Marquette 

[Abigail Adams Johnson.] 

DEP. GOV. JOHN ALDEN, Plymouth Col. 

*MRS. HENRY WHIPPLE SKINNER Detroit 

[Henrietta Channing Dana.] 

GOV. THOMAS DUDLEY. Massachusetts. 
GOV. SIMON BRADSTREET, Massachusetts. 
GOV. CHRISTOPHER ALMY. Rhode Island. 
DEP. GOV. WILLIAM ELLERY, Rhode Island. 
GOV. TRISTRAM COFFYN, Nantucket Col. 

MRS. JAMES TUTTLE STERLING Gro.ssc He 

[Sarah Mygatt Webster.] 
GOV. JOHN WEBSTER, Connecticut 

*Mrs. Ly^ter was appointed Chairman in Michigan, Oct. IS, 1897, to suc- 
ceed Mrs. Skinner, now Governor-General. 

'Invited by the Founder. Appointed Chairman in Michigan, July 11, 189C. 
Appomted Governor-General of the Order, August 31, 1897. 



MRS. NORTON STRONG U. S. A. 

[Archange Marie Skinner.] 

DEP. GOV. SAMUEL SYMONDS, Massachusetts. 

MISS KATHERINE WADSWORTH TERRY Detroit 

GOV. JOSEPH TAI.COTT, Connecticut. 
GOV. WILLIAM BRADFORD, Plymouth Col. 
DEP. GOV. WILLIAM BRADFORD, Plymouth Col. 



GENTLEMEN. 

MR. JOHN NEWBURY BAGLEY Detroit 

GOV. THOMAS DUDLEY, Massachusetts. 
GOV. SIMON BRADSTREET, Mass,achusetts. 
GOV. GEORGE WYLLYS, Connecticut. 

MR. HENRY MUNROE CAMPBELL Detroit 

GOV. ROBERT SEDGWICK, Jamaica. 

MR. HARRY ARMITAGE CONANT Monroe 

GOV. ROGER CONANT, Cape Ann. 

MR. DIVIE BETHUNE DUFPIELD Detroit 

MR. HENRY MARTYN DUB^FIELD, JR Detroit 

GOV. WILLIAM BRADFORD, Plymouth Col. 
DEP. GOV. WILLIAM BRADFORD, Plymouth Col. 
DEP. GOV. JOHN ALDEN, Plymouth Col. 

MR. THEODORE HORATIO EATON Detroit 

GOV. THOMAS MAYHEAV, Martha's Vineyard. 

MR. THEODORE PARsONS HALL Grosse Pointe 

GOV. WILLIAM BRENTON, Rhode Island. 
GOV. THOMAS WELLES, Connecticut. 
GOV. JONATHAN LAW, Connecticut. 

DR. WILLIAM JOHN LE HUNTE LYSTER Detroit 

MR. HENRY LAWRENCE LE HUNTE LYSTER Detroit 

GOV. GILES BRENT, Maryland. 

GOV. ROBERT CARTER, Virginia. 

GOV. THOMAS LEE, Virginia. 

GOV. PHILIP LUDWELL, N. and S. Carolina. 

GOV. FLORENTIUS SEYMOUR, Bermuda. 

DEP. GOV. HENRY DARNALL, Maryland. 

MR. TRUMAN HANDY NEWBERRY Grosse Pointe 

GOV. WILLIAM BRADFORD, Plymouth Col. 
DEP. GOV. WILLIAM BRADFORD, Plymouth Col. 

MR. JOHN ADAMS RATHBONE Detroit 

GOV. JOHN WEBSTER, Connecticut. 

COL. JOSEPH SUMNER ROGERS Orchard Lalie 

GOV. THOMAS PRENCE, Plymouth Col. 
DEP. GOV. JOHN ALDEN, Plymouth Col. 



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MR. HORATIO SEYMOUR Marquette 

GOV. LEWIS MORRIS, New Jersey. 
GOV. JOHN WEBSTER, Connecticut. 

MR. HENRY WHIPPLE SKINNER Detroit 

(Invited by the Founder.) 

MR. BERNARD MIDDLETON SKINNER Detroit 

DEP. GOV. SAMUEL SYMONDS. Massachusetts. 

MR. EDWARD LOWREY WOODRUFF Detroit 

GOV. THOMAS MAYHEW, Martha's Vineyard. 
GOV. TRISTRAM COPFYN, Nantucket Col. 




PART IL 



HISTORICAL NOTICES 



OF THE 



COLONIAL GOVERNORS 



REPRESENTED IN THE MEMBERSHIP 



OF THE 



ORDER IN MICHIGAN. 



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JOHN ALDEN, 

Acting Governor of Plymouth Colony, 1664-5 and 1677. 

TV nOTHING is known of John Alden before the Pilgrims hired him 
v( at Southampton to accompany them to America as a cooper. 
'-' Although his engagement was for only one year, at the end of 
^ that time he chose to remain with the colonists, probably on 

account of his well-known attachment to Priscilla MuUius, whom he 
married in 1621. During the early days of the Pilgrim colony, Alden, 
who seems to have been of a martial disposition, was the close atten- 
dant of Myles Standish, and later they settled Duxbury together. 
Already the colonial cooper had risen to positions of importance and 
trust, which he continued to hold for many years. He was Assistant 
to every Governor but Carver, serving at least 43 years, besides being 
the colony's Treasurer for thirteen years and eight times deputy from 
Duxbury, sometimes holding two offices at once. He was Acting 
Governor of the Colony, 1G64-5 and 1UT7, under the title of "Deputie 
Gouernor" (see Plym. Col Records, Vols. IV. and V.). Alden seems to 
have been better educated than many of the Pilgrims. Tradition makes 
him serve as scribe to Standish and his Bible, preserved at Pilgrim 
Hall, Plymouth, Avas among the fevf books belonging to the early col- 
onists. Until the Quaker troubles of 1G57-(J0, Alden was noted for his 
liberality and tenderness; but after the death of Standish, the man 
who, above all others, intiuenced Alden's character, he followed the 
intolerant Prence. Nevertheless he was brave, sincei'e and honorable. 
He died Sept. 22d, 1G87. 

DESCENDANTS. 

MRS. HENRY M. DUFFIELD. 

MRS. DANIEL EMBURY. 

MISS HELEN STRONG PITTS. 

MRS. HORATIO SEYMOUR. 

MR. DIVIE BETHUNE DUFFIELD. 

MR. HENRY MARTYN DUFFIELD, JR. 

COL. JOSEPH SUMNER ROGERS. 

CHRISTOPHER ALMY, 

Governor-elect of Rhode Island, 1690. 

liKISTOPHER ALMY was born in England, 1G32, and was 
brought over to America, 1635, by his father, William Almy, 
who settled in Rhode Island and was commissioner from 
Portsmouth, 1656-7 and 1663. Christopher Almy Avas Deputy 
and Assistant 1689-90. In 1686 the Charters of the Colonies were sus- 
pended by Sir Edmund Andros, who assumed control of the entire col- 
onial government, residing in Boston. His tyranny was universally 



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resented and ou April 18, 1689, "the drums beat to arms, the signal 
fires were lighted on Beacon Hill, militia began to pons- in from the 
country, a meeting was held at the town house and Andros summoned 
to suri-ender." (Fislie's Beginnings of New Eng.) He was arrested 
while trying to effect his escape on the Rose Frigate disguised as a 
woman. The Colonies resumed their Charters. In Rhode Island the 
first governor elected after the deposition of Andros was Christopher 
Almy. He declined to serve, however, "for reasons satisfactory to 
the Assembly." Disputes arose between the Royalists and the peo- 
ple's party and in 1G93 Almy was sent to England as agent of the 
Colony to represent their grievances. On August 24 he delivered to 
Queen Mary the address from Rhode Island and his own petition. 
His mission was entirely successful, the decision being rendered in 
favor of the people of Rhode Island at every point. 
Christopher Almy died January 30, 1713. 

DESCENDANT. 

MRS. HENRY WHIPPLE SKINNER. 

Y/ILLIAM BRADFORD, 

Governor of Plymouth Colony, 1 62 i -33, J 635, 7, 9-44, J 645-57. 

/^ T the funeral of Gov. Bradford, Elder Brewster said: "I should 
lf\ say something of his life, if to say little were not v/orse than 
silence." Yet it is but little that can be said in this short 
space. Serving Plymouth Colony as its Governor for over 
thirty years, his history and that of the Colony are one. He was born 
March 29, 1590, in the village of Austerfield. He early became a stu- 
dent of the Bible and through this study grew into close friendship 
with William Brewster. Together they went to Holland, together they 
made the perilous voyage of the Mayflower, and together they labored 
in the establishment and government of the Pilgrim Republic. Pil- 
grims they called themselves, heroes they were. 

Bradford Avas twice married: first to Dorothy May, who died 1620, 
next to Alice South worth in 1623. Bradford's History of Plymouth 
Colony, his other writings, his Letter Book and his library of two 
hundred and seventy-five volumes prove him a man of learning; his 
administration of affairs shows him possessed of integrity, justice and 
wisdom. He died May 19th, 1657, and was laid on the brow of Burial 
Hill, overlooking the scene of his life work. On the night of his death 
he declares himself "filled with ineffable consolations." 

DESCENDANTS, 

MRS. JAMES BIDDLE. 
MISS LOUISA BIDDLE. 
MRS. HENRY M. DUFFIELD. 




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MRS. HENRY BOURNE JOY. 
MISS MARY CONANT MASON. 
MISS ANNA DENIO PITKIN. 
MISS HELEN STRONG PITTS. 
MISS KATHARINE W. TERRY. 
MR. DIVIE BETHUNE DUFFIELD. 
MR. HENRY MARTYN DUFFIELD, JR. 
MR. TRUMAN H. NEWBERRY. 

WILLIAM BRADFORD, 2d, 

Deputy Governor of Plymouth Colony, 1682-6, J 689-92. 

'ILLIAM BRADFORD, 2(1, like his father, obtained high distiuc- 
tion in Plymouth Plantation. He was major in King Philip's 
war and a gallant soldier. In 1656 and 7 he was Deputy 
from Plj^mouth. Soon after the death of his father he was 
elected Assistant, in which capacity he served for twenty-four consec- 
utive years. For the last ten years of the Colony's existence he filled 
the ofhce of Deputy-Governor except during the three years when Sir 
Edmund Andros held the office of Governor, though even then he was 
in the nominal council of New England. For twelve years he was 
Colonial Commissioner by direct election and by substitution. From 
1G95 to 1702 he was Judge of Probate. 

In all his offices his conduct was noble, showing a high-minded 
nature, fine abilities and good education, all of Avhich admirable qual- 
ities fitted him for his high position in the Colony. He was well known 
as a Latin scholar and as one fond of antiquarian pursuits. His house 
was at Rocky Nook, near Plymouth. He was married three times and 
was the father of fifteen children, many of whom attained official posi- 
tions in the church and in the government. 

DESCENDANTS. 

Same as Gov. Bradford. 

SIMON BRADSTREET, 

Governor of Massachusetts Bay, 1679-86 and J 689-92. 

OTJRTLY Simon Bradstreet, destined for the highest honors the 
Colony could bestow," was born 1603 at Horbling, Lincoln- 
shire, Eng. He was son of Rev. Simon Bradstreet, a non- 
conformist minister, and grandson of "a Suffolk gentleman of 
fine estate." He studied at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, 1617, had 
his A. B. in 1620 and his A. M. in 1624. Having been chosen Assistant 
under the new charter, he came to New England with Winthrop in 
1630, settled at Cambridge, Mass., and afterwards at Andover. He was 
Assistant 48 successive annual elections, was Secretary of the Colony 




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1630-6 and was Governor from 1679 to 1686, and again after the rising 
against Andres, 1689 to 1692. 

"Bradstreet, tlien 76 years of age, was made Governor. He had 
been in the Colony from the beginning and always in the magistracy. 
His family connections gave him consequence. He was a blameless 
man, a conscientious Puritan, a painstaliing otficer, and eminently 
trustworthy in the details of business." (Palfrey's Hist. N. E.) 

Gov. Bradstreet married Anne Dudley, daughter of Gov. Thomas 
Dudley. "His wife was a woman of quaint learning and quainter 
verses, which her contemporaries admired beyond measure. One of 
her boolis was republished in London with the title 'The Tenth Muse, 
lately sprung up in America.' " (Fiske.) Among the descendants of 
Anne Dudley Bradstreet may be mentioned William Ellery Channing, 
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Richard Henry Dana, Wendell Phillips and 
other men of letters. 

DESCENDANTS. 

MRS. JOHN J. BAGLEY. 

MRS. HENRY WHIPPLE SKINNER. 

MR. JOHN NEWBURY BAGLEY. 

GILES BRENT, 

Deputy Govemof of Maryland, 1643. 

T is recorded in the "Red Book of the Knights' Fees in Ex- 
chequer," preserved in the Tower of London, that at the time 
of the Norman Conquest Odo de Brent held the lands of Cos- 
sington in Somerset. From him descended in a direct line 
Giles Brent, a staunch Roman Catholic and loyal adherent of the 
Stuarts. He received from the crown the grant of the Manor of Kent 
Island, Maryland, in 1638. Thither he came with his kinsman, Cecil 
Calvert, Lord Baltimore, bringing with him his sister, the celebrated 
Margaret Brent, of Colonial history. At the death of her kinsman. 
Governor Calvert, she was left his executrix and at the session of 
Assembly, 1648, she claimed two votes, as attorney of Lord Baltimore 
and in her own right. When this was refused she entered an emphatic 
protest against all the acts of the Assembly. In 1639 Giles Brent was 
made member of the Assembly, in 1640 Commander of the Fort of Kent 
Island, in 1642 member of the King's Council. In 1643 he was ap- 
pointed lieutenant-general, admiral and deputy governor of Maryland. 
During the Civil War in England he was called to account by Parlia- 
ment for seizing a ship in Chesapeake Bay and trying to persuade the 
crew to carry him to Bristol to join the King's forces. He patented 
large tracts of land in the "Northern Neck" of Virginia. Here he 
removed and founded the home in possession of his descendants for 
two hundred years. Gov. Brent died in 1672. 




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DESCENDANTS. 

MRS. WINIFRED LEE BRENT LYSTER. 

DR. WILLIAM JOHN LE HUNTE LYSTER. 

MR. HENRY LAWRENCE LE HUNTE LYSTER. 

WILLIAM BRENTON, 

Governor of Rhode Island^ 1666 to 1669. 

ILLIAM BRENTON was born at Hammersmith, Middlesex Co., 
Enj?., and arrived at Boston on the ship Griffin with Rev. John 
Colton, 1633; was made freeman 1634. In 1635 he was ap- 
pointed on the committee "to consider the act of Endicott in 
cutting out the cross from the British ensign." In 1635-6-7 he was 
Deputy to the General Court and Selectman. In 1638 he accompanied 
Roger Williams to Rhode Island. On April 29th, 1639, with eight 
others, he signed a compact for a settlement at Newport, R. I., where 
he invested a large estate, brought from England. In 1640 he pos- 
sessed 400 acres of land in Newport. From 1640-47 he was Deputy 
Governor of Aquedneck. In 1655 he settled permanently on his mag- 
nificent estate at Newport (called "Hammersmith," from his native 
town) and brought there his wife, Martha Burton, daughter of Thomas 
Burton, Esq.. another wealthy Colonist. Ho was made fi-eeman there 
1655 and in 1658 a tract of 10,000 acres on the Merrimack was granted 
him. In 1660-62 he was President of the Newport Colony under the pat- 
ent of 1643. He was Commissioner 1660-3. In 1663 Rhode Island received 
its royal charter and William Brenton was the first Deputy Govei-nor, 
1663-66, and the second Governor of the Colony, 1666-69. The colonial 
mansion erected at Brenton's Point descended at the Governor's death 
in 1674 to his grandson. Jahleel Brenton, lineal ancestor of Sir Jahleel 
Brenton, a distinguished admiral of the British navy, and Edward 
Pelham Brenton, author of the Naval History of Great Britain. 

DESCENDANTS. 

MR. THEODORE PARSONS HALL. 
MISS MARIE NAVARRE HALL. 

CALEB CARR, 

Governor of Rhode Island^ 1695. 
AliEB CARR is said to have embarked from London when but 
eleven years of age, with his brother Robert in the ship Eliz- 
abeth and Ann, in 1635. He resided in Newport, R. I., where 
he was elected Commissioner 1654, 58-62. He was the General Treas- 
urer in 1661-2, Deputy twelve years, Assistant 1679-86 and 1690-1. In 
1087 and 1688 he was Justice of the Quarter Sessions in the Court of 
Common Pleas. When Conanicut was incorporated as Jamestown 



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(m honor of King James) he was elected the first Assistant therefrom. 
May 22d, 1G95, at a general election he was chosen Governor of Rhode 
Island and died in office, December 17, 1695. 

DESCENDANT. 

MRS. J. SUMNER ROGERS. 

ROBERT CARTER, 

Acting Governor of Virginia, 1726-7. 
.OBERT CARTER is better Ivuown as "King Carter" from his 
vast possessions and almost royal authority which he assumed 
as king's agent. To this day stories are told in Virgima of his 
imperious manner, though Moncure Conway (Mag. Am. Hist.) 
says he was no more hated than the exact agent of a royal robbery 
would naturally be. Born in 1663 he was son of Colonel John O.arter, 
of "Corotoman," and his second wife, Sarah Ludlow. He received a 
grant of 63,000 acres in the "Northern Neck," was speaker of the 
House of Burgesses 1694-1699, Treasurer and member of the King's 
Council 1699-1726. and acting Governor 1726-7. His will, dated 1722, 
disposes of 300,000 acres of land, 1,000 slaves, 10.000 pounds in money, 
besides houses, furniture and plate of great value. He built Christ 
Church Lancaster Co., afterwards rebuilt by his son, Charles Carter, 
of "Cleve" Neither clergyman nor congregation dared enter the 
church until the coach and four of "King Carter" had arrived. When 
he and his retainers had marched up the aisle the clergyman and 
con-reo-ation were permitted to enter. He founded an influential fam- 
ily Ind numbers among his descendants several Colonial Governors 
two signers of the Declaration of Independence and two Presidents of 
the United States. 

DESCENDANTS. 

MRS WINIFRED LEE (BRENT) LYSTER. 
DR WILLIAM J. LB HUNTE LYSTER. 
MR. HENRY LAWRENCE LYSTER. 

TRISTRAM COFFYN, 

Chief Magistrate of Nantucket, 1 67 1 -3 and J 677-8 J. 

ypT) RINCE'S "Worthies of Devonshire" says that "the ancient fam- 

// ily of this name (Coffyne) was settled at Portledge and ^omx- 

V ished there from the Conquest." Tristram Coffyn was born 

-^ 1609. He was a Royalist and came to America in consequence 

of the success of Cromwell, settling first at Newbury, Mass., in 1659. 

He heads the list of the ten purchasers of Nantucket and its adjacent 

islands from the Lord Proprietor of Martha's Vineyard, Thomas May- 



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hew. This sale included the patent and charter rights of government 
of the island, which were the same as those enjoyed by the people of 
Massachusetts. In 1664 Nantucket was ceded to the New York prov- 
ince as part of the grant to James, Duke of York. Until 1670, how- 
ever, the proprietors had continued to rule the island as an independent 
state, when Gov. Lovelace, of New York, summoned the colonists to 
prove their ownership. Having obtained the recognition of their char- 
ter they petitioned Lovelace to devise for them a more definite form 
of government than they now enjoyed, as their growth and import- 
ance rendered this necessary. Accordingly "by authority of His Royal 
Highness" Tristram Coffyn was commissioned, June 1671, first Chief 
Magistrate "to govern the islands of Nantucket and Tuckanuckett." 
Assistants were to be elected by the people and General Coiu-ts held on 
the islands. In old documents of the day the Chief Magistrate Is 
styled "Worshipful Governor of this. His Majestie's Island." Coffyn 
served as Chief Magistrate till 1673 and again from 1677 to 1681, In 
which year he died. In 1693 the various chartered colonies of Ply- 
mouth, Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard and Maine were annexed to the 
Massachusetts Bay colon j' and formed the Commonwealth of Massa- 
chusetts. 

DESCENDANTS. 

MRS. HENRY WHIPPLE SKINNER. 
MR. EDWARD LOWREY WOODRUFF. 



SIR JOHN COGGESHALL, 

President of Rhode Island Colony, 1647. 

JOHN COGGESHALL was from Essex Co., Eng., and with his 
wife, Mary, and two sons came in the ship Lyon, arriving in 
Boston, 1632. He was a merchant and man of ability; was a 
member of the first general court of Massachusetts Bay, 1634-7. 
In 1687 he was deprived of his seat and "disarmed for non-conform- 
ity." With William Coddington and sixteen others he bought the 
island of Aquidneck and removed hither in the spring of 1638. In 
1640 he was Assistant in the General Assembly of Rhode Island and 
again in 1641-4. May 19, 1647, he was Moderator of the Assembly 
which signed the agreement to the charter, granted by Parliament 
1643, which united the four towns of Portsmouth, Newport, Providence 
and Warwick, and was chosen President of the Province, which title 
was changed to Governor under a later charter. He died in office. 

DESCENDANT. 

MRS. J. SUMNER ROGERS, 



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ROGER CONANT, 

Governor of the Cape Ann Colony, 1624-6 and 1627-8. 

nASSACHUSETTS begins her history, not at Salem, nor under 
the patronage of the organization which obtained the charter 
of March, 1627-8, but in the spring of the year 1624 at Cape 
Ann, where the colony was established under the authority 
of a charter granted in 1623 by King James I. to Lord Slieffield and his 
associates, and which conveyed to them a territory covering all of the 
present Commonwoaltli of Massachusetts and giving them powers of 
government, division of lands, planting, fishing, etc. The patentees, 
under their grant, were known as "The Dorchester Company," and 
early in 1624 this company sent out from England a band of colonists, 
who settled at Cape Ann and commissioned Roger Conant to be Gov- 
ernor of the colony. He continued as Governor for about four years, 
when he was superseded by Endicott. 

Roger Conant was baptized at All Saints" Church, East Budleigh, 
Eng., April 9, 1592. He came to America in the vessel "Ann," which 
arrived at Plymouth about July, 1623. Remaining at Plymouth but a 
short time he went to Nautasket, and in 1624 v/as chosen Governor 
by the Dorchester Company and went to reside at Cape Ann. As it 
was soon found that this was a poor location for planting the colony 
removed in the fall of 1626 to a place called Naumkeag, (now Salem), 
where Conant built the first house, still standing, after 270 years. In 
1628 the Dorchester Company surrendered their charter and joining 
with others, formed a new company styled "The New England Com- 
pany," which was granted a new patent l^y King Charles First. This 
company made John Endicott the Governor of the colony to succeed 
Conant. On June 20th, 1628, Capt. Endicott with his wife and a few 
planters sailed from Weymouth, Eng., in the ship "Abigail" and arrived 
at Naumkeag on September 6th, when Conant at once surrendered the 
government of the colony into his hands. In token of this peaceful 
settlement the name of the town was changed to Salem (Peace). Roger 
Conant died in 1679. 

DESCENDANT. 

MR. HARRY ARMITAGE CONANT. 

HENRY DARNALL, 

Deputy Governor of Maryland. 

T^TjENRY DARNALL, whose seat was at the "Woodyard," Upper 
Marlboro' County, IMaryland, was born in England of a distin- 
guished Roman Catholic family. He came to Maryland in 
1645, was Deputy Governor of the Province, member of the 
House of Burgesses, Colonel of Light Horse of Charles Co., Colonial 



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Siirveyor aurl General Collector of the port. He died in 1711. His two 
daughters, Mary and Eleanor, married Charles and Daniel Carroll. 
One became the mother of Archbishop Carroll and the other of Charles 
Carroll, of Carrollton, signer of the Declaration of Independence. 

DESCENDANTS. 

MRS. WINIFRED LEE: (BRENT) LYSTER. 
DR. WILLIAM J. LYSTER. 
MR. HENRY L. LYSTER. 

THOMAS DUDLEY, 

Governor of Massachusetts Bay, 1634, 1640, 1645, 1650. 

P^HOMAS DUDLEY, son of Capt. Roger Dudley and kinsman of 
Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, represented the elder branch 
of the ancient Norman Barons de Dudley, of Dudley Castle, 
Staffordshire, to the younger branch of which belonged the 
Dukes of Northumberland and the unfortunate Lord Guilford Dudley, 
husband of the nine-days Queen of England. Lady Jane Grey. (See 
Fiske's Beginnings of New Eng. and Adlard's The Sutton-Dudleys.) 
He was born in Northampton, Eng., 157G. He served under Henry 
IV. of France at the siege of Amiens 1597 with a company of volun- 
teers that he had raised. "He was old enough to have lent a shrill 
voice to the huzzas at the defeat of the Armada and his military ser- 
vice had indoctrinated him in the lore of civil and religious freedom." 
(Palfrey.l He came over Avith Winthrop to Salem on the "Ladj' Ar- 
bella" as Deputy Governor under the new charter. Winthrop speaks 
of him as "a man of approved wisdom and godliness and of much ser- 
vice to the country." He served thirteen times as Deputy Governor, 
was Assistant 1C35-0 and 1641-4, was Commissioner of the United 
Colonies many times and President 1047 and 9. In 1044 he was ap- 
pointed Major-General of the Colonial troops. He was Governor in 
1034, 1040, 1045 and 1050. He was a founder of Harvard College in 1030. 
"In the next year (1653) the many days of Thomas Dudley were num- 
bered and finished. His well-known capacity, experience and scrupu- 
lous fidelity to every trust made him an object of implicit respect." 
(Palfrey.) "So entirely was his life devoted to the public service that 
a biography of him would be a general history of the colony during the 
same period." (Paige's Hist. Cambridge.) 

DESCENDANTS. 

MRS. JOHN J. BAGLEY. 
MISS ANNA DENIO PITKIN. 
MRS. HENRY WHIPPLE SKINNER. 
MR. JOHN NEWBURY* BAGLEY. 



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NICHOLAS EASTON, 

Governor of Rhode Island, J 672 to 1674. 

ICnOLAS EASTON, of Symington, Herts, England, came over 
in the ship "Mary and John" in 1634. He first settled in 
Ipswich, whence he was chosen Representative to the General 
Court of Massachusetts Bay, 1635. From there he went to 
Newbury, Mass., where he was disarmed by the court in 1637 because 
of his sympathy with the Wheelwright faction. He removed to Pocas- 
set in 1638 and was an Elder in its government. The following year 
when a division of this colony was detei'mined upon, lie signed the 
compact for the settlement of Aquidneck and is said to have been the 
first to reach Aquidneck and with his sous, Peter and John, to have 
built the first house there. He was a prominent member of the colony 
during the remainder of his life, was its President in 1650, 1651 and 
1654, was Deputy Governor of Rhode Island under the Royal Charter 
from 1666 to 1G69 and again in 1670-71, and was Governor from May, 
1672, to May, 1674. He died in Newport, August 15, 1675. 

DESCENDANT. 

MRS. J. SUMNER ROGERS. 

WILLIAM ELLERY, 

Deputy Governor of Rhode Islandf 1748- 1750. 

y^ FAMILY of knightly rank existed in Northamptonshire in the 
f / I reign of Henry II., 1154-1189, whose name was written Saint- 
Hillary and Seynt-Eler. But little of this family has been 
printed, though anciently one of high importance, as their 
alliances and possessions show. In later centuries the descendants 
dropped the prefix "St." and wrote the name Hillary, Illary and Ellery. 
The founder of the American family was Sergeant William Bllerey, or 
Illary, who settled in Gloucester, Mass., prior to 1603, was selectman 
several years and Representative. His son, Benjamin Ellery, removed 
to Rhode Island, where he was for many years member of the Assem- 
bly, Commissioner, Speaker of the House, Judge and Assistant. Wil- 
liam Ellery, son of Benjamin, was born at Bristol, R. I., 1701. He 
graduated at Harvard College 1722 and succeeded to a large part of 
his father's estates and business, being many years an eminent mer- 
chant and citizen of Newport. He was Deputy and Assistant in the 
Colonial Assembly, a Judge of the County Court and was Deputy Gov- 
ernor of Rhode Island from May, 1748, to May, 1750. His son, William 
Ellery, the Signer of the Declaration of Independence, writes of him: 
"I thank God for giving me a heart disposed to love and respect worthy 
characters, and I thank my father for giving me an education and 



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exhibiting an example which had a direct and strong tendency to 
promote and encourage that disposition." 

DESCENDANT. 

MRS. HENRY WHIPPLE SKINNER. 

JOHN HAYNES, 

Governor of Massachusetts and Connecticut 1635, J 639, 1641,3,5,7,9, 1651,3-4. 

JOHN HAYNES, born in 1594, was the oldest son of John Haynes, 
of Coddicot, in the County of Hertford, England. He was a 
man of wealth and culture and before emigrating to America 
lived upon his fine estate of Copford Hall, Essex Co., which 
property was as late as 1884 still in possession of his descendants. 

He sailed to New England in company with his friend, Rev. 
Thomas Hooker in the ship Grifhn, arriving in Massachusetts Bay Sep- 
tember 3d, 1G33. He was made a freeman May 14, 1G34, was then 
chosen Assistant, and was elected Governor of Massachusetts the fol- 
lowing year. After again serving as Assistant he removed to Con- 
necticut and settled at Hartford. He is regarded as one of the four 
historic foimders of Connecticut colony, and was its first Governor in 
1639. He alternated Avith Edward Hopkins as Governor of the colony 
every other year until his death in 1654. He was a man of great 
upi'ightness and refinement of character, and of strong religious con- 
victions. He tempered justice with mercy and had the power of 
making himself greatly beloved. His life was spotless, his character 
without reproach. 

DESCENDANTS. 

MRS. JUSTIN EDWARDS EMERSON. 
MISS ANNA DENIO PITKIN. 

JONATHAN LAW, 

Governor of Connecticut, 1742 to 1750. 

JONATHAN LAW was born at Milford, Conn., August 6, 1674. 
He was grandson of Richard Law, Esq.. King's Attorney, and 
his wife, Margaret Kilbourue, who arrived in Boston on the 
ship "Increase" in 1635 from Yorkshire, Eng. Gov. Law was 
son of Hon. Jonathan Law, King's Attorney of Milford, Conn. He 
graduated at Harvard College 1695, began the practice of law 1698 and 
soon acquired distinction in the profession. In 1710 he was made Chief 
Judge of the New Haven Court. In 1714 he was made Judge of the 
Superior Court and in 1717 Governor's Assistant, which office he re- 
signed in 1725 on being chosen Lieutenant-Governor. In the same year 
he was appointed Chief Justice of the Superior Court and held both 



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offices until 1742, when he was elected Governor, which office he held 
until his death, November 6, 1750. A Latin eulogy delivered by Pres- 
ident Stiles of Yale College on the occasion of his death seaplvs of him 
as "a most illustrious man and the great patron of Yale College." 

DESCENDANTS. 

MRS. JUSTIN EDWARDS EMERSON. 
MISS MARIE NAVARRE HALL. 
MR. THEODORE PARSONS HALL. 



THOMAS LEE, 

Governor of Virginia, 1749. 
ESCENDED from a family which numbers among its members 
\\ signers of the Magna Charta, Crusaders with Coeur de Lion, 
_Jj and soldiers Avith Marlborough at Blenheim, Thomas Lee, son 
of Col. Richard Lee, was born in 1690, appointed to the King's 
Council in 1732. On the recall of Sir William Gooch he became Pres- 
ident, Commander-in-Chief and Acting Governor of the Colony. After 
serving in this capacity for some time the king appointed him Gover- 
nor. He was the fii'st native Virginian ever made Governor by royal 
appointment. He died in 1751. His wife was the daughter of Gov. 
Philip Ludwell. Gov. Lee built the historic seat of "Stratford." so 
called after his English estate of that name. Here were born his five 
sons, of whom Washington writes in 1777, "I know of no country that 
can produce a family all distingiiished as clever men as our Lees." 
John Adams writes of them as "that band of brothers, intrepid and 
unchangeable in the defense of their country, from the first glimmer- 
ing of the revolution in the horizon through its rising light to its per- 
fect day." Of Governor Lee's sons, two, Richard Henry and Francis 
Lightfoot, signed the Declaration of Independence; Arthur was Com- 
missioner to France with Franklin, William was agent of the govern- 
ment in London and Finance, afterwards Minister to the Hague, 
Thomas Ludwell was member of the Committee of Safety, Justice and 
Judge of the General Court. Governor Lee was on the maternal side 
great grandfather of Gen. Robert E. Lee. 

DESCENDANTS. 

MRS. WINIFRED LEE (BRENT) LYSTBR. 
DR. WILLIAM J. LYSTER. 
MR. HENRY L. LYSTER. 




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WILLIAM LEETE, 

Governor of Connecticut, 1676-80. 

^ILLIAM LEETE wasboruin Huntingdonshire, England, about 1613. 
He helped to form the colony of New Haven in 1639, taking up land 
in Guilford, where he was town clerk from 1639-1662. He was bred 
to the law in England, serving as clerk of the Bishop's Court 
at Cambridge. It was while observing the oppressions and cruelties 
practiced on the Puritans that he was led to examine their doctrines 
and practices and eventually to give up his office and become one him- 
self. He came over in the same ship with Mr. Whitfield, and owing 
to his ability and education was at once chosen for positions of trust, 
ultimately receiving the highest honors which the colony of New 
Haven, and later — after the union of that colony with Connecticut — 
the united government could bestow. He was active in promoting the 
union and after having served as one of the magistrates for many 
years Avas in 1669 chosen Deputy Governor and in 1676 Governor, 
which office he filled until l/sO. He was altogether forty years in office 
and according to Dr. Trumbull, "always conducted himself with Integ- 
rity and wisdom so as to meet the public approbation." Tradition says 
that it was in his cellar at Guilford that the regicides Whalley and 
Goffe were for a time concealed and nourished. He died in 16S3. 

DESCENDANT. 

MRS. JUSTIN B. EMERSON. 



PHILIP LUDWELL, 

Governor of South and North Carolina, 1690-2 and 1692-3. 

ORN in Somersetshire, England, Philip Ludwell came to Amer- 

D\ ica about 1660 as secretary to his kinsman, Sir William Berk- 
] eley. Governor of Virginia. He was appointed member of the 
King's Council and in 1690 Governor of South Carolina. In 
1692 he was Governor of North Carolina. In 1680 he married l^ady 
Frances, widow of Gov. Berkeley. He returned to England and died 
there, leaving large estates to his children in Virginia. He was the 
common ancestor of the Lees, Harrisons and other well-known fam- 
ilies. 

DESCENDANTS. 

MRS. WINIFRED LEE (BRENT) LYSTER. 
DR. WIDLIAM J. LYSTER. 
MR. HENRY L. LYSTER. 




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JOHN MASON, 

Deputy Governor ot Connecticut, 1 660- 1 670. 

AJOR JOHN MASON was born in England in 1600. He was 
bred to arms in the Netherlands under Sir Thomas Fairfax. 
He emigrated to this country in 1630 and soon became iden- 
tified with the interests of the colonies of Massachusetts and 
Connecticut. His first settlement was in Dorchester, which township 
he represented in the General Court held at Newtown (now Cambridge) 
in 1664-5. In 1635 he removed to the west side of the Connecticut 
river and with others founded the town of Windsor. In the Pequot 
war which followed. IMajor Mason was appointed commandant of the 
Connecticut forces, which he led to victory. He was a Royal charterer 
of 1662 and held every post of honor in the gift of the colony save 
that of Governor. As Deputy Governor by election he discharged the 
duties of Chief Magistrate during the interval of two years while 
Gov. Winthrop was in England about the charter. He was one of the 
original proprietors of Norwich, in which place he died, 1672. He had 
an energetic mind, was kind and benevolent in his intercourse with 
others and in bodily frame is represented to have been tall and portly. 
At the Norwich centenary, 1859, a monument was erected to his mem- 
ory as "The Savior of Connecticut." 

DESCENDANT. 

MISS MARY CONANT MASON. 

THOMAS MAYHEW, 

Lord Proprietor of Martha's Vineyard, I64J-J674. ^., 

HOMAS ISIAYHEW was born early in 1592. He was a mer- 
chant of Southampton, England, and arrived in New England 
probably in 1633 or early in 1634. He was admitted freeman 
May 14, 1634, was of IMedford in 1635 and early that year 
settled in Watertown, where he owned mills and a farm. He was 
Selectman 1637-43 and Representative 1636-44. On October 10th. 1641, 
William, Earl of Sterling, granted to Thomas Mayhew and his son 
Thomas, Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard and the adjacent islands. The 
grant included the same povv'ers of government which the people of 
Massachusetts enjoyed by their charter. In 1664 the Duke of York 
received from Charles II. a grant of New York, including the above 
islands. Thomas Mayhe^v had previously sold Nantucket and Its 
islands to Tristram Coffyn and others. He was made Governor and 
Commander of Martha's Vineyard Colony under the English rule 
(1664-73). Prior to that (1641-1664) and under the second Dutch regime 
(1673-4) he was Governor de facto. Gov. Mayhew gave his son, Rev, 



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Thomas Mayliew, much assistance in the benevolent worli of convert- 
ing the heathen. After the death of his son, being acquainted with 
the Indian language and seeing no prospect of procuring a pastor for 
them, he began himself to preach to the natives, as well as to the 
English. He was tlien seventy years of age. He continued preaching 
23 years, dying at the advanced age of 93 years. 

DESCENDANTS. 

MR. THEODORE HORATIO EATON. 
MR. EDWARD LOWREY WOODRUFF. 

LEWIS MORRIS, 

Govemof of New Jersey, 1 738- 1 746. 
EAVIS MORRIS Avas the son of Richard Morris, a native of 
Monmouthshire, England, who served as a captain in the 
Pai'liamentary army and retired — first to Barbadoes, where 
he married a lady of large estates, named Pole. He afterward 
came to New York, where he purchased much property in Westches- 
ter County. He died in 1672. The career of his son, Lewis Morris 
(who married at the age of twenty Isabella Graham) was an impor- 
tant one in the public affairs of New Jersey, where he resided for 
many years, returning finally to Morrisania, N. Y. He became a mem- 
ber of the Assembly for "Westchester Co. in 1710. In 1715 he was com- 
missioned Chief Justice for the province of New York. He held oflSce 
till 1732, when he was displaced by Gov. Cosby for political reasons. 
In the exciting affairs of this period Judge Morris was the leader of 
the Liberal party. He went to England on a political mission in 1735 
and returned the following year. He was subsequently first Governor 
of New Jersey after its severance from New York and continued Gov- 
ernor till 1746, in which year he died. 

DESCENDANT. 

MR. HORATIO SEYMOUR. 

THOMAS PRENCE, 

Governor of Plymouth Plantation, 1634, 1638 and from 1657 to 1673. 

'HOMAS, son of Thomas Prence of Lechdale, Gloucestershire, 
Eng., came to Plymouth in 1621 in the ship Fortune. In 1634 
he was elected Governor of Plymouth Colony. In 1636 he was 
Treasurer, in 1638 Governor, in 1639 and 40 Assistant. During 
the year of 1640 he with six others purchased Nanset, now Eastham, 
Mass., of which they began the settlement April, 1644, and incorpor- 
ated it 1646. In 1643 Prence was one of the Council of War. June 
4, 1645, with John Brown, he was appointed to treat with the commit- 




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tee of the United Colonies. In 1657 he was Tresident of the Council, 
In October of that year he was again elected Governor. In 1658-9 he 
was President of the Council of War, also in 1667. He was Governor 
until his death in 1673. His contemporaries say "he was a terror to 
evil-doers, and he encouraged all who did well." The Plymouth church 
records say "he was excellently qualified for the office of Governox*. 
He had a countenance full of majesty." He died in Plymouth, March 
29, 1673, aged 73 years. 

DESCENDANT. 

COL. JOSEPH SUMNER ROGERS. 

ROBERT SEDGWICK, 

Governor of Jamaica, J 656. 

AJOR-GENERAL ROBERT SEDGWICK was born in Cam- 
bridgeshire, England, and came to America in 1635. He is 
recorded as an inhabitant of Charlestown, Mass., in June, 
1636, and became a freeman of the town in 1637. Soon after 
he was chosen Representative, serving in that capacity for several 
years. He was captain of the first "train-band" of Charlestown in 
1637 and of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston 
in 1640; Major of the First Middlesex Regiment 1643-4, Commander of 
the Castle 1648, and Major-General of the Colony in 1652. Early in 
1G54 he visited England and was appointed by Cromwell commander 
of a proposed expedition against the Dutch at New Yorlv. A treaty of 
peace being signed in June, this enterprise was abandoned and the 
fleet sailed instead to Nova Scotia, where the forts of St. John and 
Port Royal were captured. This action was so pleasing to the Pro- 
tector that in 1655 he sent General Sedgwicli to Jamaica as Commis- 
sioner. Arriving October 1st, 1655, he found "no sign that ever there 
was a Commissioner in these parts of the world." His colleague, 
Winslow, was dead, Butler and Searle with Gens. Penn and Venables, 
had left Jamaica. Sedgwick associated with himself Admiral Goovl- 
son and General Fortescue; on the death of the latter Edward d'Oyley 
became a member of the Commission. In the spring of 1656 Cromwell 
sent Gen. Sedgwiclv a commission giving him supreme authority to 
govern the island; this was received by him twelve days before his 
death. "He died. Governor of the island. May 24th, 1656." (See Pal- 
frey's Hist. N. E.; Carlyle's Cromwell and Thurloe's State Papers.) 
His memory is revered at Jamaica as that of first Governor of the 
island. 

DESCENDANTS. 

MISS CORNELIA LOIS CAMPBELL. 
MR. HENRY MUNROE CAMPBELL. 



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FLORENTIUS SEYMOUR, 

Governor of Bermuda, J 70 1. 



ILORENTIUS SEYMOUR resided for a time in the colony of Vir- 
ginia and was appointed Governor of tlie Island of Bermuda, 
then part of the province of Virginia, in 1701. His daughter 
married Robert Brent, of Woodstock, Va., and their daughter 

became the wife of George Mason, of "Gunston Hall," Va., author of 

the Vii'ginia Bill of Rights. 

DESCENDANTS. 

MRS. WINIFRED LEE BRENT LYSTER. 

DR. WILLIAM J. LE IIUNTE LYSTER. 

MR. HENRY LAWRENCE LE HUNTE LYSTER. 



SAMUEL SYMONDS, 

Deputy Governor of Massachusetts Bay, J 673- 1 678. 

AMUEL SYMONDS, "a gentleman of an ancient and worship- 
ful family at Great Yeldham, in Essex, Eng.," (Hubbard) set- 
tled in Ipswich, Mass., and was Representative to the General 
Court from 1G3S to 1643. He was made Assistant in 1G43 and 
by successive elections for thirty years after. "In 164G he succeeded 
Dr. Belliugham on the Essex committee for draAving up a body of laws. 
May 10, 1048, he was on a committee to pass the articles of confedera- 
tion with the United Colonies. In 1653 he with others was commis- 
sioned to draw up the case between the Dutch and the Indians. In 
1054 he was appointed to draw up an address to Cromwell. In 1658 
he was one of the commissioners to receive the submission of the peo- 
ple at Black Point, Casco Bay and islands belonging. He was long a 
justice of the Quarterly Court and served on many committees of pub- 
lic importance. In 1673 he was chosen Deputy Governor, which office 
he held until his death, October 12, 1678. In 1675 two men were 
appointed to guard his house ('Argilla') during the war, "as it is remote 
from neighbors and he is so much in the country's service." (Felt's 
Hist. Ipswich.) "Lieut.-Gov. Symonds was of ancient family and rich. 
He had farming lands in different places. His house in tOAvn was 
sumptuously furnished." (Palfrey's Hist. N. E.) 

DESCENDANTS. 

MRS. NORTON STRONG. 

MR. HENRY WHIPPLE SKINNER. 

MR. BERNARD MIDDLETON SKINNER. 



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JOSEPH TALCOTT, 

Governor of Connecticut, 1 724- 1 74 J ♦ 

JOSEPH TALCOTT was the son and grandson of distinguished 
men, high in authority in the Colony of Connecticut. His 
grandfather, John Talcott, came to Hartford with the Rev. 
Thomas Hoolver and held there the highest offices in the Colony 
except that of Governor. The second John Talcott was colonel in King 
Philip's war and was Treasurer and Assistant for many years and 
Royal Charterer. Joseph Talcott was born in Hartford, November 16, 
1669. He was appointed Assistant in 1711. The same year he was 
appointed to lay out the town of Coventry. In 1724 he was elected 
Governor, in which capacity he served till his death in 1741. His life 
record is that of an honorable man, and a capable leader— a noble son 
of noble parents. He was the first native of Connecticut to hold the 
oflice of Governor. 

DESCENDANTS. 

MRS. JAMES BIDDLE. ' 

MISS LOUISA BIDDLE. 

MISS KATHERINE WADSWORTH TERRY. 

ROBERT TREAT, 

Governor of Connecticut, 1 680- 1 696. 

OBERT TREAT was son of Richard Treat, who came to this 
country with Sir Richard Saltoustall, settling in Wethersfield 
and was Royal Charterer. Robert, who was born in England 
in 1622. removed to Milford, Conn., and at the first meeting of 
the planters was chosen to assist in surveying and laying off the tovv-n- 
ship. He was one of the five judges at Milford and in 1661 was made 
a magistrate of the Colony. During King Philip's war he was made 
major of all the Connecticut troops. On two or three occasions, nota- 
bly at the battle of Bloody Brook, he changed what would have been 
the doom of the Colonists present into victory. Finally he was leader 
in the attack upon the fort of the Narragansetts, when the gallant 
Mason was wounded. Treat himself narrowly escaped death from a 
bullet that passed through the rim of his hat. He was made Deputy 
Governor in 1676 and Governor in 1680. He was Governor at the 
time of the attempt of Sir Edmund Andros to recover the Charter of 
Connecticut and is supposed to have been concerned in the plot which 
gave rise to one of the most dramatic scenes in colonial history. Ac- 
cording to the historians his success as a warrior was only surpassed 
by his ability as a civilian. He was well fitted to meet the emergen- 
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and sympathetic nature lie stands forth as one of the most picturesque 
figures in early colonial history. He died in 1710 at a ripe old age. 

DESCENDANT. 

MRS. JUSTIN E. EMERSON. 

JOHN WEBSTER, 

Governor of Connecticut, 1656. 

JOHN WEBSTER was born in Warwiclishire, England. He was 
one of the eai'liest settlers of Hartford, moving there in 1636. 
He was Representative in 1637, was elected one of the five 
higher magistrates in 1639, holding that office until 1655, when 
he became Deputy Governor. According to the custom of the time he 
succeeded to the ofiice of Governor the following year, 1656. Owing 
to ecclesiastical dissensions, in Avhich his party was defeated. Gov- 
ernor Webster left Hartford in 1659 and with about sixty followers 
founded the town of Hadley, Mass. He was admitted as a freeman 
of Massachusetts in 1660 and became Judge of the County Court the 
same year. He died April 5, 1661. 

DESCENDANTS. 

MRS. SARAH M. WEBSTER STERLING. 
MR. JOHN ADAMS RATHBONE. 
MR. HORATIO SEYMOUR. 

THOMAS WELLES, 

Governor of Connecticut, 1655 and 1658. 

'IIOMAS WELLES was born in Essex, Eng., in 1598. He was 
of a mercantile family and came to America as secretary of 
Lord Say and Sele before 1635. He held large lauded inter- 
ests in Massachusetts up to 1648. He is named second on the 
list of magistrates of Connecticut Colony at the General Court held at 
Hartford, May 1, 1637, when war was declared against the Pequots. 
In .January, 1639, a government was oi'ganized by the election of six 
magistrates, of whom John Haynes, formerly Governor of Massachu- 
setts, was made Governor; Roger Ludlow, Deputy Governor; Edward 
Hopkins, Secretary, and Thomas Welles, Treasurer. In August, 1639, 
Mr. Welles with Deputy Governor Ludlow and Rev. Thomas Hooker 
were appointed to consult with Mr. Penwick, agent of Lords Saye 
and Brook, at Saybrook, as to a confederation of the Colonies. For 
twenty years thereafter Mr. Welles was annually chosen to the magis- 
tracy. In 1654 he was Deputy and Acting Governor, Deputy Governor 
in 1656, 7 and 9, and Governor 1655 and 1658. 
DESCENDANTS. 

MISS MARIE LOUISE BALDWIN. 
MISS MARIE NAVARRE HALL. 
MR. THEODORE PARSONS HALL. 



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GEORGE WYLLYS, 

Governor of Connecticut^ 1642, 

/^ EORGE WYLLYS was born at Fenny Compton, Warwick Co., 
U r England, and was the son of Richard Wyllys and Hester 

\\J Chambers, of Williamscote, Oxford. Ho came of an old and 
lionorable family and before he left England was the possessor 
of an elegant mansion and a valuable estate situated at Knapton, War- 
wick Co. In 1636 he sent over his steward, William Gibbous, with 
twenty men to purchase an estate at Hartford and erect a liouse suit- 
able for himself and family. On this domain stood the famous Char- 
ter Oak. Two years later, in 1638, he sailed for America witli his 
family. He became successively Magistrate, Deputy Governor and in 
1642 Governor of the Colony. He died March 9th, 1644. He was of 
an earnest, noble natvu*e and though he deeply loved his native land 
he longed for the liberty, both religious and civil, which he saw 
dawning over this new country. He arrived in Connecticut early 
enough to give to the framers of the Constitution of 1639 the benefit 
of his sound judgment and elevated views. He led a calm, pure life, 
the ideal of liumau excellence. 

DESCENDANTS. 

MRS. JOHN J. BAGIiEY. 
MRS. JUSTIN E. EMERSON. 
MISS ANNA DENIO PITKIN. 
MR. JOHN NEWBURY BAGLEY. 



PART III. 



GENEALOGIES 



OF THE 



Descendants of Colonial Governors 



RESIDENT IN MICHIGAN, 



1897. 



The following Genealogies have been verified by experts and recorded 
in the Colonial Dames, Colonial Wars or Mayflower Societies. 



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BAGLEY. 

GOV. THOMAS DUDLEY in. Dorothy Yorke. Their tlau. xinue 
Dudley m. Gov. Bradstreet. 

GOV. SIMON BRADSTREET m. Anue Dudley, 1628. Their dau.. 
Dorothy Bradstreet, m., 1654, Rev. Seaborn Cotton. Their dau., Eliz- 
abeth Cotton, m. Rev. William Williams. Their son. Rev. William 
Williams, Jr., m., 1712, Hannah Stoddard. Their dau.. Anna Williams, 
m., 1734, Colonel Oliver Partridge. Their dau., Elizabeth Partridge, m., 
17G9, Dr. Erastus Sergeant. Their son, Dr. Erastus Sergeant. Jr., m. 
Margaret Keeler in 1802. See below. 

GOV. GEORGE WYLLYS m. Mary Smith. His dau., Amy Wyllys, 
m., 1645, Col. John Pynchon. Their son. Col. John Pyachon, Jr., m. 
Margaret Hubbard. Their son, Major John Pynchon, m., 1702, Bath- 
shua Taylor. Their son, Dr. Joseph Pynchon, m., 1748, Mrs. Mary 
Cotton Cheney. Their dau., Margaret Pynchon, m., 1779, Stephen 
Keeler. Their dau., Margaret Keeler, m., 1802, Dr. Erastus Sergeant, 
Jr. Their dau.. Mary Ann Sergeant, m., 1832, Rev. Samuel Newbury. 
Their dau., Frances Elizabeth Newbury, m. Hon. John J. Bagley, Gov- 
ernor of Michigan 1873-6. Her son is John Newbury Bagley. 

BALDWIN. 

GOV. THOMAS WELLES.— His daughter, Sarah Welles, m. Col. 
John Chester. Their ison. Major John Chester, m. Hannah Talcott. 
Their dau., Penelope Chester, m. Ebenezer Williams. Their son, Ches- 
ter Williams, m. S.-^.rah Porter. Their son. Rev. Nehemiah Williams, 
m. Percie Keyes. Their dau., Peggy Williams, m. John Baldwin. 
Their son. Hon. Henry Porter Baldwin, Governor of Michigan, m. Sybil 
Angier Lambard. Their dau. is Marie Louise Baldwin. 
BIDDLE— See Terry 

CAMPBELL. 

1. GOV. ROBERT SEDGWICK. 2. William, son of Robert and 
Johanna Sedgwick, m., 1665, Elizabeth Stone. 3. Samuel Sedgwick, m., 
1689, Mary Hopkins, dau. of Stephen and Dorcas (Bronson) Hopkins. 
4. Ebenezer Sedgwick, born 1695, m. Prudence, dau. of Deacon Abra- 
ham Merrill. 5. Mary Sedgwick, b. 1726, m., 1746, John Ensign, son 
of John and Lois (Dickinson) Ensign. 6. Mary Ensign m., 1770, Abra- 
ham Bushnell. son of Stephen and Temperance (Warren) Bushnell. 
7. Lois Bushnell m., 1812, Henry Munroe Campbell, son of Thomas 
and Elizabetlj (Cropsey) Campbell. 8. James Valentine Campbell m., 
1849, Cornelia, dau. of Chauncey and Sophia (Thomas) Hotchkiss. 
0. Cornelia Lois Campbell and Henry Munroe Campbell, children of 
James V. and Cornelia (Hotchkiss) Cami^bell, 



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CONANT. 

1. GOV. ROGER CONANT. 2. Exercise Couant, seventh child of 
Roger, b. 1637, d. 1722. 3. Josiah Conant fifth child of Exercise, b. 
IGSO, d. 17G5. 4. Shubael Conant, only child of Josiah, b. 1710, grad. 
Yale College 1732, I.ieut.-Colonel 1739, Associate Justice 1760, member 
of Assembly 30 sessions and Speaker 21 sessions, member of Council 
1760 to 1775, d. 1775. 5. Eleazer Conant, sixth child of Shubael, b. 
1751, grad. Yale College 1776, Paymaster in Revolutionary Army, d. 
1819. 6. Harry Couant, i^eventh shild of Eleazer, b. 1790, settled in 
Monroe. Mich., 1820. d. 1851. 7. Harry Armitage Conant. 

DANA-SKINNER. 

GOV. THOMAS DUDLEY m. Dorothy Yorke. Their dau. *Anne 
Dudley m. Gov. Bradstreet, 1628. 

GOV. THOMAS DUDLEY. His dau.. Mercy Dudley, m., 1639, 
Rev. John Woodbridge. Their dau., **Lucy Woodbridge, m., 1067, Rev. 
Simon Bradstreet, her cousin. (See below.) 

GOV. SIMON BRADSTREET m., 1628, *Anne Dudley. Their sou. 
Rev. Simon Bradstreet, m., 1667, **Lucy Woodbridge. Their dau., 
Lucy Bradstreet, m., 1711, Judge Jonathan Remington, Fellow Har- 
vard College 1703-11, Member of the Council, 1730-40. Their dau., Anne 
Remington, m. JWilliam Ellery, Signer of the Declaration of Inde- 
pendence. (See below.) 

GOV.-ELECT CHRISTOPHER ALMY, m., 1661, Elizabeth Cornel. 
Their son. Col. Job Almy, m., 1696, Ann Lawton. Their dau., Eliza- 
beth Almy, m., 1722, Dep. Gov. William Ellery. 

DEP. GOV. WILLIAM ELLERY m., 1722, Elizabeth Almy. Their 
son, JWilliam Ellery, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Mem- 
ber of the Continental Congress 1776-85, Chief Justice of Rhode Island 
1785, m., 1750, Anne Remington. Their dau., Elizabeth Ellery, m., 
1773, Francis Dana, son of Councillor Richard Dana and Lydia (Trow- 
bridge) Dana. Francis Dana was Meraber of the Council 1776-80, dele- 
gate to the Continental Congress 1777-9. Secretary of Legation to Great 
Britain and Holland 1779-81, first U. S. Minister to Russia 1781-3, 
Judge of the Supreme Court 1785, Chief Justice of :Massachusetts 1791- 
1806. His son, Richard Henry Dana, m., 1813, Ruth Charlotte, dau. of 
John Wilson and Susanna (Tillinghast) Smith, a descendant of Rev. 
John Wilson, first minister of Boston, and a Founder of Harvard Col- 
lege, 1636. Their son, Richard Henry Dana, Jr., m. Sarah Watson, of 
Hartford, Conn. Their youngest child, Henrietta Channing Dana, lu., 
1892, Henry Whipple Skinner, of Detroit. 

GOV. TRISTRAM COFFYN m., 1630, Dionys Stevens. His son, 
Lt. Tristram Coffyn, m., 1653, Judith, dau. Capt. Edmund Greenleaf. 
Their dau., Mary Coffyn, m., 1677, Joseph Little. Their dau., Judith 



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Little, m., 1696, Capt. Cutting Moody. Tlieir dau., Mary Moody, ni., 
1722, David Marsh. Tlieir son, Rev. John Marsh, of Wethersfield, 
Conn., m., 1775, Anne, dau, Capt. Ebenezer Grant, of East Windsor. 
Their dau., Mary Marsh, m., 1806, William AVatsou. Their dau., Sarah 
Watson, m. Hon. Richard H. Dana, Jr. (See above.) 
DUFFIELD— Sjo Pitta. 

EATON. 

GOV. THOMAS MAYHEW m. Martha Parkhurst. His sou, Rev. 
Thomas Mayhew, b. 1621, d. 1657, m. Jane Paine. Their dan., Jerusha 
(Mayhew) Wing, m. 2d Thomas Eaton. Their sou, Hon. John Eaton, 
b. 1689, d. 1750, m. Joanna Wardell. Their son, Joseph Eaton, M. D., 
b. 1718, d. 1761, m. *Lucy (Mayhew) Little. (See below.) 

GOVERNOR THOMAS MAYHEW. His son was Rev. Thomas 
Mayhew, 2d. His son, Thomas Mayhew, 3d, m. Sarah Skiff. His son, 
Zaccheus Mayhew, b. 1685, d. 1760, m. Susanna Wade. Their dau., 
*Lucy (Mayhew) Little, b. 1716, d. 1779, m. 2d Joseph Eaton, M. D., 
b. 1718, d. 1761. Their son, Thomas Eaton, m. Sarah Woodruff. Their 
son, Horatio Woodruff Eaton, b. 1792, d. 1815, m. Maria Stiles Mont- 
gomery. Their son, Theodore Horatio Eaton, b. 1815, d. 1888, m. Anne 
Eliza Gibbs. Their son is Theodore Horatio Eaton. 

EMBURY. 

1. ACTING GOV. JOHN ALDEN m., 1621. Priscilla, dau. of Wil- 
liam Molines, a Founder of Plymouth Plantation. 2. Elizabeth, dau. 
of John and Priscilla Alden, m., 1644, William Pabodie. 3. Priscilla 
Pabodie, b. 1653, m., 1679, Rev. Ichabod Wisnall. 4. Hannah Wisnall, 
b. 1681, m., 1705, Rev. John Robinson. 5. Ichabod Robinson, b. 1720, 
m., 1752, Lydia Brown. 6. Rev. William Robinson, b. 1754, m., 1787, 
Anne Mills. 7. Naomi Sophia Robinson, b. 1788, m. James Woodruff, 
1811. 8. Anne Mills Woodruff, b. 1812, m., 1834, Theodore Romeyn. 
9. Sophie Robinson Romeyn, m., 1860, Daniel Embxiry. 

EMERSON. 

GOV. JOHN HAYNES married Mabel Harlakenden. Their dau., 
Ruth Haynes, m. Samuel Wyllys,* Royal Charterer of 1662. (See be- 
low.) 

GOV. GEORGE WYLLYS m. Mary Smith. His son, Hon. Samuel 
Wyllys,* m. Ruth Haynes. Their dau., Mary Wyllys, m. Joseph Eliot, 
son of Rev. .John Eliot. "Apostle to the Indians." Their son, Abial 
Eliot, m.. 1726. **Mary Leete. 

GOV. WILLIAM LEETE m. Anna I'ayne. Their son, John Leete. 
m. Sarah Allen. Their son, John Leete, ra. Mary, dau. of Lt. William 
Chittenden. Their dau, ** Mary Leete, m., 1726, Abial Eliot. Their 
son, Nathaniel Eliot, m. Beulah Parmelee, 1754. Their son, William 



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Eliot, m., 1780, Ruth Rossitor. Their son, William H. Eliot, m. 1800, 
JMary Law. 

GOV. ROBERT TREAT ui. Jaue Tapp, 1G48. Their dau, Abigail 
Treat, m. Samuel Andrews, graduate Harvard 1G75, Fellow 1071), 
Trustee of Yale College 1099. Their dau., Abigail Andrews, m. Gov. 
Jonathan Law, 170G. 

GOV. JONATHAN LAAV m. 2dly Abigail Andrews, 1706. Their 
son, Jahleel Law, m. Ann Baldwin, 1746. Their son, William Law, m. 
Sarah Hotehlviss. Their dau., |Mary Law, m., 1809, William H. Eliot. 
Tlieir son, William H. Eliot, m., 1849, Sarah Frances Sawyer. Their 
dau., Willimina H. Eliot, m., 1877, Dr. Justin Edwards Emerson. 

HALL. 

1. GOV. WILLIAM BRENTON lii. Martha Burton. 2. Sarah, 3d 
child of Gov. Brenton, m. Rev. Joseph Eliot, son of John Eliot, the 
"Apostle to the Indians." 3. *Anne Eliot, b. 1677, m., 1698, Gov. 
Jonathan Law. (See below.) 

1. GOVERNOR JONATHAN LAW, sou of Hon. Jonathan and 
Sarah (Clark) Law, m., 1698, *Anne Eliot. 2. Anne Law, b. 1702, m., 
1725, Rev. Samuel Hall, grad. Yale College 1716, first minister of 
Cheshire, Conn. 3. Hon. Brenton Hall, b. 1738, m., 1762, Miuta, dau. 
Capt. Jon. Collins, 4. William Brenton Hall (M. D. Yale. 1786), m., 
1794, Mehetable Parsons, dau. of Maj. Gen. Samuel Holdeu Parsons, 
of the Continental Army, Chief Justice North-West Territory. 5. *Hon. 
Samuel Holden Parsons Hall, m., 1826, **Emeline BuUceley. 6. Theo- 
dore Parsons Hall, m., 1860, Alexandrine Louise Godfroy, of Detroit. 
7. Marie Archange Navarre Hall. 

1. GOV. THOMAS WELLES. 2. Mary, fourth child of Gov. 
Welles, m., 1639, John Bobbins. Esq. 3. Captain John Robbius, b. 
1(>49, m., 1675, Mary Boremau. 4. Richard Robbius, b. 1687, m., 1711, 
Martha Curtis. 5. Captain John Robbius, b. 1716. m., 1737, Martha, 
dau. of Capt. Jacob aud Eunice Williams. 6. Eunice Robbius, b. 1760, 
m., 1782, Capt. Charles Bulkeley, a descendant of Rev. Peter Bulkeley, 
founder of Concord, Mass. 7. **Emeline Bulkeley, b. 1798, m., 1826, 
*Hon. Samuel Holden Parsons Hall, of Binghampton, N. Y. (See 
above.) 

JOHNSON-SEYMOUR* 

ACTING GOV. JOHN ALDEN m., 1621, Priscilla, dau. of William 
MuUins, a founder of Plymouth Plantation. Their dau., Ruth Alden, 
m., 1658, John Bass. Their dau., Hannah Bass, m., 1688, -Joseph 
Adams. Their son, John Adams, m., 1734, Susannah Boylston. Their 
son, John Adams, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, first U. 
S. Minister to Great Britain and second President of the United States, 



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m., 1764, Abigail Smitli. Their son, Charles Adams, m., 1795, Sarah 
Smith. Their dau., Abigail liOiiisa Adams, m., 1814. Alexander Bryan 
Johnson. Their son, Alexander Smith Johnson, m., 1852, Catherine 
Maria Crysler. Their dau., Abigail Adams Johnson, m., 1880, Horatio 
Seymour. 

JOY — See Newbei-ry. 

LYSTER, 

GOV. FLORENTIUS SEYMOUR. His son, Captain Daniel Sey- 
mour, had dau., Susan Seymour, who married Robert Brent. Their 
son, George Brent, m. Marianne, dau. of Sir John Peyton, Governor 
of the Islands of Jersey and Guernsey. Their dau.. *Mary Brent, m. 
Col. Giles Brent. (See below.) 

DEP. GOV. GILES BRENT. His sou, Col. Giles Brent, m. *Mary, 
dau. of George and Marianne (Peyton) Brent. Their son, William 
Brent, m. Sarah Gibbons. Their son, William Brent, m. **Eleanor 
Carroll. (See below.) 

DEP. GOV. HENRY DARNALL. His dau., Eleanor Darnall, m. 
Daniel Carroll. Their dau., **Eleanor Carroll, m. William Brent. 
Their son, Daniel Carroll Brent, m. f Anne Fenton Lee. (See below.) 

GOV. PHILIP LUDWELL m. Lady Berkeley. Their son, Philip 
Ludwell, m. Hannah, dau. of Benjamin Harrison. Their dau., JJHan- 
nah Ludwell, m. Gov. Thomas Lee. 

GOV. THOMAS LEE m. Hannah Ludwell. Their sou, Thomas 
Ludwell Lee, m. Anne Aylett. Their dau., JAnne Fenton Lee, m. 
Daniel Carroll Brent. Their son, William Brent, m. Winifred Beall 
Lee. (See below.) 

GOV. THOMAS LEE m. Hannah Ludwell. His son. Thomas Lud- 
well Lee, m. Anne Aylett. His son, Thomas Ludwell Lee, 2d, m. 
tiFrances Carter. 

GOV. ROBERT CARTER m. Elizabeth Landon. Their son, Lan- 
don Carter, ra. Elizabeth Wormley. Their son, Robert Wormley Car- 
ter, m. Winifred Beall. Their dau., HFrances Carter, m. Thomas Lud- 
well Lee. Their dau., Winifred Beall Lee, m. William Brent. Their 
son, Thomas Lee Brent, m. Jane Duncan Wilkins. Their da a., Wini- 
fred Lee Brent, m. Dr. Henry F. Le Huute Lyster. Her sons ara Dr. 
William John Le Hunte Lyster and Henry Lawrence Le Hunte Lyster. 

MASON. 

DEP. GOV. JOHN MASON. 2d generation, Daniel Mason. 3d, 
Peter Mason. 4th, Peter Mason, Jr. 5th, *Captain John Mason. 0th, 
Lorenzo Madison Mason. 7th, Charles Edward Mason. 8th, "vlavy 
Conant Mason. 

GOV. WILLIAM BRADFORD m.. 1G23, Alice Carpenter Soulh- 
worth. His son was 



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DBP. GOV. WILLIAM BRADFORD. His son Avas Thomas Brad- 
ford. His sou was James Bradford. His dau. was Mary Bradford, 
who married Joseph Woodward. Their dau., Sarah Wood 'ard, m. 
*Capt. John Mason. (See above.) 

NEWBERRY. 

GOV. WILLIAM BRADFORD m., 1(j23, Alice Carpenter South- 
worth. His son, 

DEP. GOV. WILLIAM BRADFORD, m., 1651, Alice Richards. 
Their dau., Alice (Bradford) Adams, m. 2d Major James Fitch, 1087. 
Their son, Ebenezer Fitch, m. Bridget Brown. Their dau., Alice Fiich, 
m. 17.31, Captain John Fitch. Their son, James Fitch, m., 1763, Ann 
Hulbert. Their dau., Ann Theresa Fitch, m. 1784, George Phelps. 
Their dau., Rhoda Phelps, m., 181G, Elihu Newberry. Their son, John 
Stoughton Newberry, m., 1859, Helen Parmelee Handy. Their son is 
Truman Handy Newberi'y. 

Helen Hall Newberry, dau. of John and Helen [Handy] Newberry, 
m., 1892, Henry Bourne Joy. 

PITKIN. 

GOV. JOHN HAYNES m. Mabel Harlakenden. His dau., *Ruth 
Haynes, m., 1654, Hon. Samuel Wyllys. (See below.) 

GOV. GEORGE WYLLYS m. Mary Smith. His son, Hon. Samuel 
Wyllys, m. *Ruth Haynes. Their dau., **Mabel Wyllys, m., 1676, Rev. 
Timothy Woodbridge. (See below.) 

GOV. THOMAS DUDLEY m. Dorothy Yorke. Their dau., Mercy 
Dudley, m. Rev. John Woodbridge, 1639. Their son. Rev. Timothy 
Woodbridge, m., 1676, **Mabel Wyllys. Their dau., Mary Woodbridge, 
m., 1724, Gov. William Pitkin, Governor of Connecticut from 1766 to 
1769. Their son. Rev. Timothy Pitkin, m., 1753, tTemperauce Clapp. 
(See below.) 

GOV. WILLIAM BRADFORD m., 1623, Alice Carpenter South- 
worth. His son was 

DEP. GOV. WILLIAM BRADFORD m., 1651, Alice Richards. 
Their dau., Alice Bradford, m. 1680, Rev. William Adams. Their dau., 
Elizabeth Adams, m., 1696, Rev. Samuel Whiting. Their dau., Mary 
Whiting, m., 1727, Rev. Thomas Clapp. Their dau., {Temperance 
Clapp, m., 1753. Rev. Timothy Pitkin. Their son, Hon. Timothy Pitkin, 
m., 1801, Elizabeth Hubbard. Their sou. Rev. Thomas Clapp Pitkin, m. 
Harriet Louisa Starr. Their daughter is Anna Denio Pitkin. 

PITTS-DUFFIELD. 

GOV. WILLIAM BRADFORD m. Alice Southworth in 1623. Their 
son was 

DEP. GOV. WILLIAM BRADFORD, m., 1(351, Alice Richards, 



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Their son, Lieut. Samuel Bradford, m., 1689, *Hannah Rogers. (See 
below.) 

ACTING GOV. JOHN ALDEN m., 1621, Priscllla Mullins. Their 
dau., Elizabeth Alden, m., 1614, William Peabody. Their dau., Elizabeth 
Peabody, m. John Rogers. Their dau., *Hannah Rogers, m., 1689, 
Lieut. Samuel Bradford. Their son, Gamaliel Bradford, Member of the 
Council and Judge of the County Court, m. Abigail Bartlett. Their 
son, Peter Bradford, m. Abigail Loring. Their dau., Elizabeth Brad- 
ford, m. Joshua Merrill. Their dau., Sarah Merrill, m., 1836. Samuel 
Pitts. Their son, Thomas Pitts, m. Louise Strong. Their dau. is Helen 
Strong Pitts. 

iFrances Pitts, dau. of Samuel Pitts, m. Henry Martyn Duffield. 
Her sons are Divie Bethune Duffield, and Henry Martyn DufReld, 
Jr. 

RATHBONE. 

GOV. JOHN WEBSTER m. Agnes Shatwell. His dau., Ann Web- 
ster, m., 1642, John Marsh of Hartford. His son, John Marsh, b. 1643, 
d. 1727, m. Hepzibah Lyman, of Northampton. Mass. His son, John 
Marsh, 3d, m. Sai'ah Lyman. His son. Col. Ebenezer Marsh, was born 
1701, was a Colonel during the French Wars, and was Judge and 
Member of the Assembly 21 years. He m., 1721, Deborah Buel. His 
son, John Marsh, b. 1749, m. Rhoda McNeil. Their dau., Deborah 
Marsh, m. Joseph Adams, fifth in descent from Henry Adams, of 
Braintree, Mass. Their son. John INLnrsh Adams, m., 1829, Sarah Sus- 
annah, dau. Major MclNIurphy. of Augusta, Ga. Their dau., Elizabeth 
Bacon Adams, m. Dr. Joshua Henry Rathbone, of Providence, R. I. 
Their son is John Adams Ratlibone. 

ROGERS. 

1. GOV. THOMAS PRENCE m.. 1st. Patience Brewster; 2dly, 
Mary Collier. 2. Mercy, dau. of Thomas and Patience (Brewster) 
Prence, m. John Freeman. Their son, Thomas Freeman, m. Rebecca 
Sparrow. Their son. Thomas Freeman, 2d, m. Mary Smith. Their 
son, Samuel Freeman, m. Margaret Smith. Their son. Samuel Free- 
man, Jr., m. **Mercy Snow. Their dau.. *Thankful Freeman, m. 
Moses Rogers. Their son, Joseph Rogers, m. tSalome Nickerson. 
Their son, Joseph Rogers, Jr.. m. Joan Harriman. Their son, Joseph 
Sumner Rogers, m. Jeannette S. Wheeler. H 

GOV. THOMAS PRENCE. His gr. gr. grandson. Thomas Free- 
man, 3d, m. Dorothy Cole. Their dau., Mary Freeman, m. Jesse Rog- 
ers. Their son, Moses Rogers, m. *Thankful Freeman. Their gr. 
grandson is Joseph Sumner Rogers. 

GOV. THOMAS PRENCE. by his second wife, had dau., Jane 
Prence, who m. Mark Snow. Their son, Lieut. Prence Snow, m. 



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Hannali Storrs. Their sou, Jabez Snow, m. Elizabeth Lewis. Their 
dau., **Mercy Snow, m. Samuel Freeman, Jr. (See above.) 

ACTING GOV. JOHN ALDEN m. Priscilla, dau. of William Mo- 
lines or Mullines, a Founder of Plymouth Colony. Their son, Capt. 
Jonathan Alden. m. Abigail Hallet. Their sou, Jonathan Alden, Jr., m. 
Elizabeth Arnold. Their son. Deacon Austin Alden, m. Salome Lom- 
bard. Their dau., x\uuie Alden, m. Warren Nickerson. Their dau., 
JSalome Nickerson, m. Joseph Rogers. Their son, Joseph Rogers, 2d, 
m. Joan Harriman. Their son is Col. Joseph Sumner Rogers. 
See Whtelcr-Rogers. 

SEYMOUR. 

GOV. LEWIS MORRIS m. Isabella Graham, 1691. Their dau., 
Anne Morris, m., 1739, Edward Antill, Councillor of East Jersey, 1745, 
Member of Gov. Belcher's Council, 1747. Their son, Lt. Col. Edward 
Antill, of 2d Canadian Regiment, or "Congress' Own,'' constructed the 
ice batteries on the Plains of Abraham, was with Montgomery when 
he fell, and later was present at Yorktown at the surrender of Corn- 
wallis. He was a member of the Cincinnati of New York. He m. 
Charlotte Riverin at Quebec, 1767. Their dau., Frances Antill, m., 
1810, Arthur Tappan. Their dau., *Frances Antill Tappan, m., 1839, 
John Forman Seymour. Their son is Horatio Seymour. 

GOV. JOHN WEBSTER m. Agnes Shatwell. Their son, Robert 
Webster, m. Susannah Treat, dau. of Hon. Richard Treat, Royal Char- 
terer of Connecticut. Their dau., Elizabeth Webster, m. John Seymour. 
Their son. Major Moses Seymour, served in the 5th Cavalry of Con- 
necticut during the Revolutionary War, commanded a troop of horse 
at the surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga, was stationed at Litchfield 
as commissary of supplies to the army. He m. Molly, dau. of Colonel 
Ebenezer Marsh. Their son, Henry Seymour, m. Mary Forman. Their 
son, John Forman Seymour, m. *Frances Antill Tappan. Their son, 
Horatio Seymour, m., 1880, Abigail Adams Johuson. 
See Johnson -Seymour. 

SKINNER. 

DEP. GOV. SAMUEL SYMONDS m. Martha (Reade) Eppes. Their 
dau., Priscilla Symonds, m., 1672, Captain Thomas Baker. Their dau., 
Priscilla Baker, m., 1695, Major Isaac Appleton. Their dau., Elizabeth 
Appleton, m. Josiah Fairfield, 1731. Their daughter, Eunice Fairfield, 
m., 1756, Dr. Joseph Whipple, of Manehester-by-the-Sea. Captain of 
Cape Ann Coast Guards, July 13, 1775, Surgeon on Pi-ivateer "Glouces- 
ter," 1777, lost at sea. Their son, Major John Whipple, U. S. A., Lieut, 
under Anthony Wayne 1797, Captain 1803, Major of Michigan Militia 
and Territorial Circuit Judge, 1809, m., 1800, Archange Pelletier, de- 
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Their daughter, Catherine Sophia Whipple, m., 1848, Edwin A. Skinner, 
Lieut. 10th Mich. Infantiy, 1861-4. Their children are Henry Whipple 
Skinner, Edward Appleton Skinner, Bernard Middleton Skinner and 
Archange Marie, wife of Captain Norton Strong, Surgeon TJ. S. A. 

kSee Dana-Skinntr. 

STERLING. 

GOV. JOHN WEBSTER m. Agnes Shatwell. Sarah Mygatt Web- 
ster, !in,.al descendant of Gov. Webster in the direct male line, married 
Col. James Tuttle Sterling, of Detroit. 

STRONG— See Skinner. 

TERRY. 

GOV. JOSEPH TALCOTT, son of Lt. Col. John Talcott, Treasurer 
of Conn. Colony and Royal Charterer, and of Helena, dan. of John 
Wakeman, Treasurer of the Colony. Gov. Talcott m. Eunice, dau. of 
Col. Matthew Howell. Their dau. Abigail Talcott m. Rev. Daniel 
Wadsworth, grad. Yale College 1726. Their son. Col. Jeremiah Wads- 
worth, was Commissary General of the American Army during the 
Revolutionary War. He m. Mehitabel, dau. Rev. William and Mary 
(Pierpont) Russell. His dau., *Katherine Wadsworth, m. General 
Nathaniel Terry, of Hartford, Conn. Their son was Dr. Adrian Rus- 
sell Terry, of Detroit, father of Katherine Wadsworth Terry, and of 
Margaret (Terry) Biddle. 

GOV. WILLIAM BRADFORD, of Plymouth, m. Alice Carpenter 
Southworth, 1623. 

DEP. GOV. WILLIAM BRADFORD m., 1651, Alice Richards. 
Their dau., Alice Bradford, m. 1680, Rev. William Adams. Their dau., 
Alice Adams, m., 1701, Rev. Nathaniel Collins. Their dau., Ann Col- 
lins, m., 1723, Major Ephraim Terry. Their son, Nathaniel Terry, m. 
1764, Abiah Dwight, descendant of John Dwight, first settler of Ded- 
ham. Their son. Gen. Nathaniel Terry, m., 1798, *Katheriue Wads- 
worth, dau. of Col. Jeremiah Wadsworth. Their son. Dr. Adrian Rus- 
sell Terry was father of Margaret (Terry) Biddle, and of Katherine 
Wadsworth Terry. Louisa Biddle, davT. of James and Margaret (Terry) 
Biddle. 

WHEELER-ROGERS. 

1. PRES. JOHN COGGESHALL had dau., *Ann Coggeshall, who 
m. Peter Easton. (See below.) 

GOV. NICHOLAS EASTON had son, Peter Easton, who m. *Ann, 
dau. of John Coggeshall, President of R. I. Colony. Their dau., **Waite 
Easton, m. John Carr. (See below.) 

GOV. CALEB CARR had son, John Carr, who m. **Waite, dau. 
of Peter and Ann (Coggeshall) Easton. Their dau.. Patience Carr, m. 



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2d Edward Estes. Their dau., Elizabeth Estes, m. Elijah Douglas. 
Their son, Elijah Douglas, m. Jeuuy Grant. Their dau., Susanna 
Douglas, ui., Simeon Wheeler. •v'%eir son. John Douglas Wheeler, m. 
Sarah T. Jones. Their dau.. Jeanetto S. Wheeler, m. Col. J. Sumner 
Rogers. 

WOODRUFF. 

GOV. THOMAS MAYHEW m. Martha Parkhurst. His son, 
Thomas Mayhew, 1621-1657, m. Jane Paine. His son, Matthew May- 
hew, 1648-1710, m. Mary Skiff. His son, Matthew Mayhew, 1674-1720, 
m. Anne Ranken. His sou, Micajah Mayhew, m. Sarah Ripley. His 
son, William Mayhew, m. Phebe Manning. His sou, *William May- 
hew, m., 1772, **Luey Mayhew. (See below.) 

GOV. THOMAS MAYHEW. His son, Thomas Mayhew. 2d, m. 
Jane Paine. His son, Thomas Mayhew, 3d, m. Sarah Skiff. His son, 
Zaccheus Mayhew, m. Susannah Wade. His son, Zaccheus Mayhew, 
2d, m. Rebecca Pope. His dau., **Lucy Mayhew, m., 1772, *William 
Mayhew. Their son, Jonathan Mayhew, m., 1816, Elizabeth Cooke. 
Their dau., Caroline Mayhew, m., 1840, Israel C. Woodruff. Their son 
is Edward Lowrey Woodruff. 

GOV. TRISTRAM COFFYN m. Dionys Stevens. John Coffin, 1647- 
1711, m. Deborah Austin; Enoch CofHu, 1678-1761, m. Beulah Eddy. 
Enoch Cotiin. 1713-1802, m. Jane Clagliora. Their dau., Abigail 
Coffin, m., 1763, Thomas Cooke, Sr. Their son, Thomas Cooke, m. 
Elizabeth Mayhew, 1790. Their dau., Elizabeth Cooke, m. Jonathan 
Mayhew, 1816. Their dau., Caroline A. Mayhew, m., 1840, Israel C. 
Woodruff. (See above.) 



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